Improvement in fences



DAVID M Con'nnr, 'ororfrnwtu onto.

' Letters Patent No. 106,183, dwtedAugustQ, 1870.

IMPR'ovnMnN' 1N Fences."

The Schedule referred to in thse Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To whom it may conce/rn Be tknownthat I, DAVID MCGUBDY, of Ottawa, in the countyrof Putnam and State of Ohio, have invented n new and useful Improvement yin Fences; and I do declare'` that the'following is n true and accurate description thereof', reference being had to the accompanying drawing, and to the letters of reference nnu'ked thereon, and Vheilig a. part of this specification, in which- Figure '.1 is `a perspectiveof two sections ot' my'improved fence.

`Like letters indicate like parts in each gure.

This invention relatesto an iinprovedand econornioni construction, oi' field `or,ferm-fences, nud consists in aJ 'novel construction and arrangement of its several pnits,\as hereinafter more fully described.

A represents short .transverse sills, to opposite sides of which, about four inches apar-nare nailed two upf rights, B. i y

C are cross-stakes driven into the ground if the `fence sto be a. permanentone, as in iig. 1, they pass between the-'uprights and are nailed at their lower parts to the sil :s A. A y

D are old or new rails or poles laid between thc upi rights,l,w,ith the ends of those of onesection overlepping those of vthe next, inserted between the uprights in like manner; the `uppermostrail h as one end laid in the angle above the crossing ofthe stakes.

Efare Vthe riders,rthelower one lnid iu line and the upper one diagonally, its endsv resting in the angle between the outer side of one upright and the crossfstake, and held in place by a. block, F, laid across the adjoining ends of the upper riders, und the whole tied down by a cap, G, et the top of the 'uprights,

whose upper ends are rounded o and inserted in holes bored in the'caps, which are nailed in place.

Suitable blocks, a, may he placed between `,the

blocks F and the'lower riders, to hold'the'latter tirmlyin pla-ce.

To further strengthen the uprights, n wire, b,mey

'be bound around them, which will hold them together should the nails give-out. i

Any section of the form ot' fence shown in fig. 1, may be taken down, 'withdrawing'the blocks F, or sliding out the upper rider.

The form of fence shown in dgl is readily put up, requiring much lessr material than a 4worm fence of the sume height Iand length, andimaly be lled in with old rails or poles. It is strong, and cannot berpushed over nor disconnected by brcachy cattle, while the ground may be plowedns near tofit as to a board fence. y

What I claim as my invention, and 'desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The fence above described, consisting of the sills A, uprights B, cross-stakes'O, caps G, wire ties b, bars E, riders F, blocksa,- and rails D, when constructed and arranged as described andv shown, and es and for the Ypurposes set forth. y

DAVID MGCURDY.' Witnesses:

'J. R. LINN,

Tnos. 0.H1Pxms. 

